What's your recent history as a landlord? I have worked at a few bars in Middlesbrough, but mainly behind the scenes working on branding and design.

But I have a huge passion for cocktails and spirits so when the opportunity came up to develop an idea I have been working on for some time on Bedford Street I jumped at the chance!

Both Baker Street and Bedford Street are full of great little micro pubs - we knew we could do something different appealing to those who don’t want to sample the great real ales already on offer.

Tell us three of your best selling drinks: Our cocktails are proving extremely popular.

The three best selling are our Blueberry Amaretto Sour, our Ginger Chickadee which is gin-based with rhubarb and grapefruit and the Salt Fashioned, which is our own twist on a Bourbon Old Fashioned which we add our own home-made salted maple syrup to.

Tell us why you think your pub is one of the best on Teesside? The Nuthatch is unique in that we specialise in cocktails. They make up 80% of what we serve, with our wide selection of gin and tonics coming a close second.

We don’t overcrowd our space, so make sure that all of our guests have a seat! Most of our guests love this as on a busy weekend they enjoy being able to sample some high quality spirits and amazing cocktails without it being too loud or having to stand trying desperately to keep hold of their Martini glass or Copper Pineapple!

What's your most popular meal? We don't currently have a food offering, however this is something we are excited to do in the future.

Our main focus to begin with is our drinks, but we are planning on introducing sharing platers and afternoon teas soon.

What is your most popular night and why do you think it is? We have been fortunate to not have a really quiet night since we opened, but Fridays and Saturdays have been extremely busy.

We take bookings for all nights and have already seen bookings on weekends until September. We always try our best to get our guests in, and if we don’t have seats are happy to take mobile numbers and text people when tables become available.